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Baumraum's World of Living Tree House Sits on Spider's Legs

We're no strangers to Germany's tree house makers extraordinaire Baumraum, so when we saw another brilliant arboreal home design from them, we knew we had to share it with you! The house resides at World of Living , a showspace/amusement park for sustainable housing company WeberHaus and greets visitors with its curvy body perched atop super skinny spider-like "legs". The unusual shape and clean lines are signature Baumraum, and there are a lot of other cool features, so check them all out in our slide show.

Located in Rheinau Baden-Linx, Germany (right near the French border), World of Living is a rather unusual type of establishment. It was conceived to show off WeberHaus‘ homes, but in a fun, interactive way – and you know we can’t be mad at that! The tree house‘s main body rests on a structural system of seven oblique, conical shaped columns made of Siberian larch and greets visitors to the park with a taste of the innovation they’re about to see.

As exciting as the tree house‘s exterior is, the inside is no less interesting. The vaulted interior welcomes visitors with wallpaper depicting giant oak leaves as if the house itself were a tree. In fact, the walls are all made of native oak. Tired guests can take a load off in rotating seats, and integrated roll cages and drawers can act as tables or storage. Two skylights and large windows daylight the space and allow views in all directions over the park and into the tree crown.

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3 Comments

The design and materials are spectacular. Could this be retrofitted to make it habitable? If anyone as an answer, I wold much appreciate it.

coffeebeanJune 29, 2011 at 8:53 pm

I agree with the earlier post…I would like to know about the plumbing. This is a beautiful design and would make a fantastic mini home, guest house, mother in law cottage etc. but would need a kitchen, bath and laundry facility. What is the square footage